UNSPSC 85725719: Repair lumbar vertebral disc, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair lumbar vertebral disc, percutaneous endoscopic approach. This surgical intervention or procedure is listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 as code 0SQ24ZZ

UNSPSC 85725719 Repair lumbar vertebral disc, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally names a specific surgical procedure, but the recent opportunities tagged under this code reflect a much broader range of health services procurement—medical evaluation administration, surgical benefit programs, occupational health surveillance, emergency and specialty care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these solicitations directly procure lumbar disc repair procedures or related surgical services. The issuing bodies span state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county systems (Harris County Juvenile Probation, Collier County Board of Commissioners, Santa Clara County Health System), city retirement offices (City of Phoenix), and municipal governments (City of Long Beach). The geographic spread includes Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington, with no dominant concentration.

The most recent representative solicitations reflect administrative and support services rather than the procedure itself. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office (RFP RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) is procuring independent medical evaluation services for approximately 75 annual disability benefit applications, including medical record review and scheduling of physician examinations for public safety retirement determinations—a supporting service but not the procedure. The Washington State Department of Transportation, on behalf of Washington State Ferries (RFP RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026), is procuring occupational medical surveillance services including baseline and periodic medical examinations across 14 ferry system locations. The City of Long Beach (RFP HR26753, due October 7, 2026) is requesting proposals for a surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefit program offering pre- and post-care for knee, hip, orthopedic, shoulder, spine, heart, weight loss, and oncology procedures through Centers of Excellence. The code's tagging appears to be a taxonomy mapping error; the actual procurement activity does not target spine surgery providers or related clinical specialties.